Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds
Need 4 players to start - Max 2 computer players allowed
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dynadan joined the game in slot 1
Nannerpus visits
Nannerpus joined the game in slot 2
dynadan: thanks
dynadan: death mule should have been back by now
Nannerpus: ya where is he?
dynadan: he said he'd be back in 20min 2 hours ago
Nannerpus: lol him sleepin
dynadan: nah
dynadan: he doesn't sleep
Nannerpus: roastin then?
dynadan: girls
Nannerpus: oh
dynadan: has to be girls
Nannerpus: i remember those
dynadan: ahh married eh
dynadan: ya i vaguely remember also
moodzzz visits
moodzzz joined the game in slot 3
dynadan: welcome back
Nannerpus: at long last
moodzzz: i was out for hour
Nannerpus: our long planetary nightmare is ( almost ) over
dynadan: nannerpus talked you into it didn't he?
Nannerpus: lol
moodzzz: needs an idle option by the players i think
Nannerpus: hopeso
dynadan: we need electrodes that can shock you for being afk
moodzzz: rodz has been playing for about 15 hours straight i think
dynadan: muhaha
dynadan: he needs 1 win to pass rhodan
moodzzz: he's no.1
Nannerpus: already did
Nannerpus: him #1
moodzzz: i'm glad
moodzzz: don't like rhodan
dynadan: oh nevermind he won last one i guess
moodzzz: rhodan will never catch him
moodzzz: rhodan finds it hard to fill games
Nannerpus: yeah moodzzz <3 Rhodan
moodzzz: cos he's put half the field on his block list
Nannerpus: i haven't seen much of Rho lately
Nannerpus: he hates the new land auctions
Nannerpus: likes the turn 1 sales but hates the sticky pricing
moodzzz: he hates anything that'll prevent him winning
Nannerpus: lol
Nannerpus: don't we all
dynadan: he liked the old run up land auctions
moodzzz: he probably hated it when host advantage disappeard
moodzzz: he used to nick plots
Nannerpus: he loved runup & bail
Nannerpus: thrived on it, imo
moodzzz: hehe
moodzzz: well i won't miss him
moodzzz: he wouldn't play me anyway
Nannerpus: as for that technique, valid though it was it isn't realistic
moodzzz: he won't play rodz either
Nannerpus: forget about true to old skkol mule, it isn't logical
moodzzz: no.. was silly.. can't price people out then bail
dynadan: it was just slow and stupid
moodzzz: this is evolution
Nannerpus: you can't go to an auction in the real world, bid & then duck out w/o paying the price you agred to
Nannerpus: so I welcome the change
Nannerpus: although I would go forther.
Nannerpus: make all price movements monotonically increasing only
Nannerpus: you go up? you stay up.
moodzzz: ah
Nannerpus: no backing down
Nannerpus: that's how auctions work in the real world
moodzzz: yeah.. that's true auction
moodzzz: yip
dynadan: thats how it is now right?
Nannerpus: don't want to win? better pray someone else outbids you
Nannerpus: no you can still roll back down
dynadan: oh you mean can't move down at all?
Nannerpus: yeah that's what i want
dynadan: hmm interesting
Nannerpus: iow: put teh moneys where teh moufs is
dynadan: thats basically how the 1st round auction works
Nannerpus: ( or something like that ;)
Nannerpus: yeah pretty much
Nannerpus: the rule of 972 will be etched in stone, I swear
dynadan: the developers have decided to try to make it as close to original as possible
Nannerpus: yeah
Nannerpus: which i commend
dynadan: which kinda sucks i think for us
dynadan: lol
Nannerpus: I welcome any change that makes it more challenging in general
Nannerpus: if it gets harder to win my chances go up
Nannerpus: a paradox, perhaps, but I have a big big brain
dynadan: lol
Nannerpus: I consider my heavy drinking to be a suitable handicap for the benefit of the field
Nannerpus: :)
moodzzz: i play best drunk
moodzzz: but it's 9.30 am here
Nannerpus: so? get on that bus, slacker
dynadan: i always argued that they should try to make it as good a game as possible....but i have given up and will wait for MULE2...it will be kind of sad because i think it will kill the player base of the original
Nannerpus: yeah
Nannerpus: dunno if I will go over to the darkside
Nannerpus: sounds like too many changes for stubborn ol' me
dynadan: depends on what they do....but this format is great for a lot of games....just adding custom game options would be great
Nannerpus: I want one of the special abilities to be 100% guaranteed summoning of pirates
dynadan: haha
Nannerpus: yeah
Nannerpus: nice, eh?
Nannerpus: rod's game is on turn 9
moodzzz: stealing land would be fun
Nannerpus: so we only have to wait ( maybe ) another 20 minutes or so
dynadan: don't you guys wish we could play 3 player without a bot?
Nannerpus: even better: move the store
Nannerpus: yes
Nannerpus: or levitate mountains
moodzzz: burn players in store fire
Nannerpus: or deviate the river
Nannerpus: lol
Nannerpus: freebasing, you say?>
dynadan: wtf
Nannerpus: or how about this:
Nannerpus: summoning of clouds &/or sunspots, at will
Nannerpus: or selective quaking of plots
Nannerpus: or: pocket elves
moodzzz: sabbotage peoples plots would be great
dynadan: keep going ...one of these will be useful
moodzzz: wee on crops
moodzzz: burn mountains
moodzzz: or if we all took our tuns at same time
Nannerpus: that's the idea for mule 2
moodzzz: could have lazers and try to shoot players
Nannerpus: all simultaneous turns
moodzzz: yeah
dynadan: that will be neat
moodzzz: no reason why not
Nannerpus: how about: secret second conduit for sales of rystite & ore
Nannerpus: *crystite
dynadan: what if you got to see what everyone else was doing while you did your turn also?
Nannerpus: price always +$20 from going rate of other players
Nannerpus: I think that's how mule 2 will work
Nannerpus: here's what gets me (so far, from what i've heard ): each turn, you choose your worker's race'
Nannerpus: and ( again, fwih ) only one of each type per round
dynadan: interesting
Nannerpus: ya
Nannerpus: personally I find that totally bogus
Nannerpus: I say choose yr race at outset & then it stays fixed throughout the game
dynadan: going to make balancing hard
Nannerpus: perhaps even award choice based on the random seeding ( like how ranks are chosen before rd 1 now )
Nannerpus: right
dynadan: that would be fun ...but people would complain
Nannerpus: i prefer difficulty to efficiency
Nannerpus: yeah
dynadan: they need to get game time down to under an hour no matter what they do
Nannerpus: yes
moodzzz: yeah it is a bit long
Nannerpus: hope they will trim out the filler time
dynadan: except if it is a 24 month game
Nannerpus: oh pain
Nannerpus: no plz to 24
Nannerpus: i can't pay attention that long
dynadan: they should make it customizable so we choose what we like best
Nannerpus: if i start sober i'll finish drunk & vice versa
moodzzz: nanner are you dok?
Nannerpus: oh here's an idea for a special ability
dynadan: i could kick your arses at 6 month mule2 :P
Nannerpus: eliminate a month of yr choosing
Nannerpus: moodzzz: yes
moodzzz: is dok gone?
Nannerpus: Nannerpus shows up in its entirety in my name slot
moodzzz: dyn you've a hell of a ratio
Nannerpus: plus: better win pct now that I know what I am doing ( & have not taken all those beatings from Mikusch & Rhodan & dan )
dynadan: i haven't seen dok for a while
Nannerpus: no dok is still active
Nannerpus: but rarely
moodzzz: i gotta stay moodzzz.. tho if i ever do make another name
moodzzz: i will play rhodan
Nannerpus: I only play as dok when I think I can nail htman
moodzzz: and eat all his food again
dynadan: ah lol
Nannerpus: I believe htman is Paulie 64
dynadan: what?
moodzzz: ahh
moodzzz: um
moodzzz: not sure
Nannerpus: ya moodzzz pissed off Rhodan bigtime once
moodzzz: think i've played both at same time
Nannerpus: nope
moodzzz: yeah u were in that game i think nan?
Nannerpus: dok is I and I is dok
Nannerpus: yeah as dok though
moodzzz: yip
Nannerpus: long long agp
Nannerpus: *ago
moodzzz: month or so
dynadan: me and paulie always talking and ht never says anything...... maybe he uses ht when he wants to not talk to me hehe
Nannerpus: you had like +46 food at one point
Nannerpus: ht is all bizniss
moodzzz: i was still learning
Nannerpus: yeah
Nannerpus: new players is wild
moodzzz: yep
Nannerpus: them all about the screwgie
Nannerpus: makes me nuts
dynadan: haha ya
Nannerpus: really it winds up being short-sighted
dynadan: i remember when i first started here though and i did the same stuff
Nannerpus: I think they learn eventually
Nannerpus: yeah me too
Nannerpus: it is so exciting to deny a lead-player food/nrg
dynadan: we all have warped memories from childhood
Nannerpus: hehe yes
dynadan: it probably didn't work very well then either....but it was more fun seeing your buddy get mad
moodzzz: i think it's cost effective a lot of time tho starving leader
moodzzz: he's in lead cos he's getting food and nrg from store or bot
moodzzz: and using plots to gain high earnings
moodzzz: so sod him
moodzzz: starve him
Nannerpus: it generally works for a turn or 2
moodzzz: it is fun
Nannerpus: better to ride the spike, imo
Nannerpus: sell just enough to keep 'em short & then cash in
Nannerpus: esp. if they run outta money before getting into the black
moodzzz: yip :D
dynadan: it all depends on what its costing you and costing others.....if it works out in your favor do it
Nannerpus: righto
Nannerpus: although in general, money in bank is money toward a win
moodzzz: back in 3
dynadan: typically the better players rarely get in a position to get starved
Nannerpus: imo anyone who passes up $300+ food or $500+ nrg is an eedeeot
Nannerpus: right
dynadan: haha true dat
dynadan: that noob almost won like that
Nannerpus: they play it conservative but on he edge
Nannerpus: right
Nannerpus: saw that
Nannerpus: *the edge
dynadan: would have if he hadn't sacrificed 3k to starve me
Nannerpus: yep
Nannerpus: holding +24 food was stupid move on his part
Nannerpus: there's starving your opponent & then there's drowning in moldy garbage
Nannerpus: he chose the latter just to watch others squirm
dynadan: i played so bad last game
Nannerpus: well you got caught by some events
dynadan: elves starved me in round 2...and i pooched that food mule late in game to starve myself again
dynadan: i was laughing so hard at myself
Nannerpus: okay now i have the giggles
Nannerpus: this is going to be a problem if we start anytime soon
dynadan: lol
Nannerpus: hmm
Nannerpus: maybe doktorbuzzo should join & play
dynadan: that last lobby line made me laugh
moodzzz: rodz has finally gone to bed
Nannerpus: collapsed more likely
dynadan: he's got a 3 win lead now
moodzzz: yep
Nannerpus: I have turned off the sound
moodzzz: you are clever
Nannerpus: I need alice cooper, stat
dynadan: the time of rhodan is over....as king rodz ascends to the throne in the kingdom known as Irata
moodzzz: i'm a happy follower of king rodz
moodzzz: he's a good king
Nannerpus: lol
moodzzz: he smiles apon us common folk
Nannerpus: king of the upper left quadrant
moodzzz: very much
moodzzz: i played him last night
moodzzz: and i told him the top left is mine
dynadan: haha
moodzzz: and i took it all
moodzzz: he took bottom right
moodzzz: and he got all the crys
moodzzz: grrr
Nannerpus: yeah
Nannerpus: lotsa games recently have rightbank tite
Nannerpus: ( at least for me )
moodzzz: i had run of 4 games wins
moodzzz: and it was due to me bein pyshic
moodzzz: got the high plots straight away
dynadan: haha
moodzzz: without scannin
Nannerpus: my lobbly chat is from old skool digital underground ( the humpty hump )
dynadan: i've had those nights
Nannerpus: oh openings are key
moodzzz: wish i could predict football results instead of crys
moodzzz: then i'd be rich
dynadan: and yes i was talking about the fat girls
moodzzz: and i'd buy mule
Nannerpus: this game is like ches, you open well chances are you finish well
moodzzz: and prevent rhodan from ever having food
Nannerpus: *chess
moodzzz: i dunno.. can have a shockin start and the random events will help u back up
dynadan: lol
Nannerpus: until last game i had been on a streak of being ranked 1 or 2 on round 0
Nannerpus: killed my strategy
dynadan: the 1st round auctions make things weird
Nannerpus: yes i love those rd 1 sales
Nannerpus: esp when there are two or three
Nannerpus: 972
dynadan: how much more of a bad start can you have than paying 1k for land 1st round
Nannerpus: man benoit got hammered y that number. twice tonight iird
Nannerpus: *iirc
dynadan: rodz won a game the other night buying for 980
Nannerpus: wow
Nannerpus: 980 is aggressive
dynadan: he made mistake
Nannerpus: must have had a nice even early to back him up
dynadan: there were 3 auctions in round 1
dynadan: death mule bought next for 1k
Nannerpus: ooof
Nannerpus: pain
dynadan: and 3rd was bought for 948
Nannerpus: $1k never
Nannerpus: owie
dynadan: i was only one who kept money
Nannerpus: nice
dynadan: and rodz still won
Nannerpus: smart move is let those go unless under $976
dynadan: so wtf
Nannerpus: yeah
Nannerpus: he's a witch
Nannerpus: just like c. o'donnell
Nannerpus: and a. pettite
dynadan: lol
Nannerpus: i am not going to fall asleep
moodzzz: i like rodz.. he doesn't get mad
Nannerpus: i am just mad enough to stay up & see this through
moodzzz: king rodz
moodzzz: and i like prince nanner
dynadan: haha
moodzzz: he goes the distance
dynadan: lol
moodzzz: for his people
Nannerpus: now we've waited over one game's length & still no 4th
moodzzz: he will be king one day
dynadan: except he doesn't need to go to bed so early
Nannerpus: never
Nannerpus: nanner is a goon, an amateur
moodzzz: what time is it with you two?
dynadan: i mean wtf he lives in new zealand
Nannerpus: 2:17 a.m.
moodzzz: ouchy
dynadan: 3;17
Nannerpus: Arizona, U.S.S.A.
moodzzz: is rodz nz?
Nannerpus: yes
moodzzz: crazy place
Nannerpus: men are men
Nannerpus: sheep run skerrd
moodzzz: 10.17am here. uk
dynadan: and the women are sheep :P
Nannerpus: lol
moodzzz: hehe
Nannerpus: would love to visit NZ
moodzzz: nice people kiwi's though. generally
Nannerpus: I watch rugby any chance I get
moodzzz: i had chance to go there once when i was in oz
Nannerpus: yeah. aces folks they are
moodzzz: regret not going
dynadan: i would be afraid of the orcs
moodzzz: u guys seen flight of the conchords?
moodzzz: haha
Nannerpus: dan just add a bot
Nannerpus: we can handle
moodzzz: nooo
moodzzz: hate bots
Nannerpus: me too
moodzzz: bots suck
Nannerpus: but i wanna play
moodzzz: they are stupid
Nannerpus: yes they do
moodzzz: stupid stupid stupd
Nannerpus: so am i after 8 oz. of scotch
moodzzz: STUPID!
dynadan: we could make special rules
moodzzz: add an orc
Nannerpus: ( *not as stupid, but stupid nonetheless )
moodzzz: help remove your fear
moodzzz: orc !
moodzzz: moodzzzy want an orc
moodzzz: ORC
dynadan: ok this might sound crazy
dynadan: maybe we should go play with uschi
moodzzz: no
moodzzz: he can join this
Nannerpus: haha
moodzzz: i'll never play with him
Nannerpus: lol
dynadan: i looked up his last 10 games today
Nannerpus: sockmonkey!
Nannerpus: orly?
dynadan: he has been playing honorably
Nannerpus: what you see dan
Nannerpus: nice
Nannerpus: well now he has no choice
dynadan: don't know if he will carry grudge to us or not
Nannerpus: same for... um... i forget the name
dynadan: he has taken some losses
Nannerpus: name some of the cheats
moodzzz: simpla
Nannerpus: that's the one
moodzzz: akire
dynadan: simpla...akire...eumel
moodzzz: simpla's playing properly now too
Nannerpus: simpla's been playing it straight too
Nannerpus: yep
moodzzz: but they've burnt a lot of bridges
moodzzz: and uschi report me
dynadan: simpla may have been mostly decent before....he just was a master at abusing host advantages
Nannerpus: we join uschi?
moodzzz: no
moodzzz: i can't do that
dynadan: oh ya i remember now moodz
moodzzz: he'll boot
moodzzz: he;ll defo boot me
Nannerpus: lol
moodzzz: he only plays with one human
dynadan: i have given him a ton of grief as well
Nannerpus: you are a favorite of his?
dynadan: no he has played full games
Nannerpus: okay
moodzzz: i've actually never played him tho
Nannerpus: watch this
SUPERMARIO visits
dynadan: yay
SUPERMARIO joined the game in slot 4
dynadan: thank god
SUPERMARIO: hi all
moodzzz: we're all drunk super
dynadan: we were almost ready to join uschi
moodzzz: apart from me
moodzzz: but i'm insaine
Nannerpus: yeah!
Nannerpus: finally
moodzzz: let's fly off in our spaceship
moodzzz: last !¬
moodzzz: :D :D
Round 1 of 12
moodzzz: ore junkies
Nannerpus: gle
moodzzz: the lot of us
Nannerpus: thankyou for hosting dan
SUPERMARIO: all of us
Nannerpus: thankyou for joining mario
dynadan: haha i remembered
moodzzz: 3 used to be the magic number
moodzzz: now it's 972
moodzzz: well that was just super
dynadan: interesting
moodzzz: just couldn't see it
dynadan: thats why i think the magic number is 872
moodzzz: if you win by 2 dollars that'll be why#
Round 2 of 12
dynadan: you forgot to wait again
moodzzz: yawn
Nannerpus: rats
moodzzz: can we have a 1 1/2 min break at next auction pls? i neeeeeeeed coffefeeeeeefeeee
Nannerpus: yes
Nannerpus: i can wait
moodzzz: i'll get you guys some whisky
moodzzz: i'm guessing you like irish more than scotch
Nannerpus: lol
Nannerpus: i prefer scotch
moodzzz: i like vodka
moodzzz: and coffee
moodzzz: but at different times
moodzzz: 45.5
moodzzz: i'll be quick.. ..
Nannerpus: gtg
Round 3 of 12
moodzzz: nanner forgot what colour he was
Nannerpus: fail
Nannerpus: no forgot how much time
Nannerpus: either way i am a dunce
Nannerpus: g d wampus
moodzzz: did u spill any whisky then
Nannerpus: nope. i am not completely brainless ;)
Nannerpus: effing cloud
moodzzz: we are so poor
moodzzz: apART from dyn
Nannerpus: thankyou
SUPERMARIO: need money
Round 4 of 12
moodzzz: dyns gonna buy the planet now
Nannerpus: oh f
dynadan: oops
Nannerpus: plz no second
dynadan: i forget to wait also
moodzzz: or 3rd :P
dynadan: 5 auctions
SUPERMARIO: to many land auction
Nannerpus: no second => no third
Nannerpus: ack
dynadan: more mtns
moodzzz: oh dear god
Nannerpus: pain
Nannerpus: whew
Nannerpus: at least no #3
moodzzz: right i gotta do something dangerous.. just better not be any pirates or i'm done for
dynadan: my goal is to be in 1st wire to wire
dynadan: i think i missed 2nd turn though
dynadan: oh and i want to lose on last round
dynadan: because it will make for a better story
moodzzz: feck
dynadan: ouch
dynadan: have you guys noticed that if we ever all run out of food or nrg we all lose game
moodzzz: yeah... :)
Round 5 of 12
Nannerpus: the colony has a shortage of scotch whiskey
moodzzz: it's in nanner belly
Nannerpus: family combo plz
Nannerpus: or free plot, take yr pick federation
moodzzz: oh for goodness sake
Nannerpus: pisspoor
Round 6 of 12
moodzzz: :)
moodzzz: no i'm angry
Nannerpus: all of a sudden.... sleepy
moodzzz: now
moodzzz: 54 54 60
moodzzz: no pirates
moodzzz: growl
Nannerpus: i must be very very drunk by now
Round 7 of 12
moodzzz: pirates for sure now
moodzzz: horray
moodzzz: that's made me so happy
dynadan: ouch
moodzzz: had to be
moodzzz: hadn't had any
moodzzz: now it'll be 148
moodzzz: maybe not
moodzzz: now i'm going to charge for the lead
moodzzz: just watch
dynadan: oops
Round 8 of 12
SUPERMARIO: to many auction its not good for the game
dynadan: they say its the same as the original
dynadan: they have a chart on forum
moodzzz: crumbs
Round 9 of 12
dynadan: lol argh wasn't paying attention
Nannerpus: sooooo sleeeeeeepyyyyyyyyyyy
moodzzz: not long now
Nannerpus: fackin' loaded too
Nannerpus: it all hit me at once, like a ton o' bricks
Nannerpus: oh f
Round 10 of 12
dynadan: lol
dynadan: gg
dynadan: those should have gone for 750 a pop
Round 11 of 12
dynadan: realized i didn't have time to switch it
Round 12 of 12
moodzzz: i wonder who's gonna win :p
dynadan: haha
dynadan: gg everyone...gratz mario
SUPERMARIO: thx gga
dynadan: the games sure start weird with that 1st round auction
Game Over
Saving score, please wait...
dynadan: mario bought for 976 and wins
Score saved
moodzzz: yeah... i stuffed up by not getting the wumpus r1
moodzzz: wp super
SUPERMARIO: new taktic
dynadan: only 2nd time i have seen it done
dynadan: well done
moodzzz: i can't buy over 972
Nannerpus left the game
Nannerpus was disconnected
moodzzz: loose too much time
dynadan: i like going for the multi land after everyone spends their money
moodzzz: yeah.. u cashed in mid game
moodzzz: i would have too if crys wasn't so low for so long
dynadan: problem is you must choose smith or land
dynadan: can't do both
moodzzz: yip
moodzzz: i like ignoring smith
moodzzz: and letting every1 price it down
dynadan: sometimes it works
dynadan: especially when rodz plays
moodzzz: yip
moodzzz: leaset nanner can sleep now
moodzzz: least
dynadan: he doesn't even pay attention to smith...just tries to drive price down
dynadan: ya poor guy
moodzzz: properly lost it
dynadan: i can't imagine being passing out drunk and playing this game
moodzzz: i've done it
moodzzz: won a game completely bladdered once
moodzzz: but it's a big comitment.. 90mins
dynadan: ya
moodzzz left the game